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Francis II (
French:
François II) (
January 19,
1544 –
December 5,
1560,
King-consort of Scotland (
1558–
1560), and
King of France (
1559 –
1560), was born at the
Royal Chateau at Fontainebleau,
Seine-et-Marne, the son of
Henry II, King of France (
March 31 1519 –
July 10 1559) and
Catherine de' Medici (
April 13 1519 –
January 5 1589). He was the grandson of
Francis I, King of France, and of
Claude of France, and the brother of
Charles IX, King of France, and of
Henry III, King of France.
King consort of Scots
Following the death of her father,
James V, King of Scots,
Mary Stuart had been crowned
Queen of Scots, in
Stirling Castle, on
September 9,
1543, at the age of nine months. The marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Francis,
Dauphin of France, was arranged by
Henry II of France in
1548, when Francis was just four years old. Once the marriage agreement had been formally ratified, the now six-year-old Mary was sent to France, to be raised in the royal court until the marriage.
Despite the fact that Mary Stuart was tall for her age and fluent in speech, while Francis was abnormally short and stuttered, Henry II commented that "from the very first day they met, my son and she got on as well together as if they'd known each other for a long time".
On
April 24,
1558, the fourteen-year-old Dauphin was married to the Queen of Scots in a union that would give the future King of France the throne of Scotland and also a claim to the throne of
England through Mary's Great-Grandfather,
King Henry VII of England. However, Mary and Francis were to have no children during their short lived marriage.
King of France
A year after his marriage, Francis's father, Henry II, died, and Francis, still only fifteen years old, was crowned king at Reims. The crown was so heavy that nobles had to hold it in place for him. His mother, Catherine de Medici, was appointed regent, but it's considered that Mary's uncles
François de Guise and
Charles de Guise may have held the real power in that period.
Francis II, who had always been a sickly child, died on
5 December 1560 in
Orléans,
Loiret, at the age of sixteen, when an
ear infection worsened and caused an
abscess in his
brain. He is buried in
Saint Denis Basilica.
He was succeeded by his brother,
Charles IX (
June 27 1550 -
May 30 1574).
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